Chester County Democratic Committee

excerpted from” In Kennett Square, an enlightening discussion about immigration reform” by Steve Hoffman, Staff Writer, Chester County Press, 8/5/10: …Simply casting out these workers would not be beneficial to the economy, Kim said. State Sen. Dinniman echoed that point. “This is such a dilemma at this period in time,” he said. “We have two [...]

email from DSCC, 7/22/10 Sharron Angle talks about “Second-Amendment remedies” for government “tyranny.” Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson says he’s “glad there’s global warming.” These Republicans are radical, ridiculous and out of touch with reality, and voters need to know it. We couldn’t make this stuff up, but we can keep track of it. And we’ve made [...]

By Joe Mandak, Associated Press, in the Phila Inquirer, 7/22/10 PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania lawmaker and one of her sisters will stand trial on charges they had the state senator’s taxpayer-funded staff do campaign work for the senator and another sister, a state Supreme Court justice. State Sen. Jane Orie and her sister, Janine, [...]

by Andy Dinniman Opinion, in Daily Local News, 5/18/10 Across the nation, residents and businesses are seeing the first signs of an economic rebound. Last month, the U.S. economy added 290,000 jobs, the most in four years and the fourth consecutive month of job growth, a clear sign that we are on the right path. [...]

January 22, 2010 Dear Friends, State Senator Andy Dinniman cordially invites you to a meet and greet with United States Senator Arlen Specter on Friday, January 29th, 2010 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM at the Chester County Historical Society, 225 North High Street, West Chester, PA 19380. Please note that this is not a fundraiser [...]

The CCDC executive committee, at its 11/11/09 meeting, passed a resolution supporting an “EIS” of the Family and Business Health Care Security Act currently before both houses in Harrisburg. The bottom line is: “The Chester County Democratic Committee calls upon all elected Chester County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officials to endorse the funding of an [...]

By Andy Dinniman Guest Columnist Daily Local News, 11/3/09, p. A6 Pennsylvania finally has a budget, and it took 101 agonizing days after the July 1 deadline. But now’s not the time to rest — not just yet. Let’s consider and confront the widespread problems that resulted from Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate while they are still [...]

Daily Local News, 11/6/09 Physician will run against Doug Pike in primary election for congressional seat By DAN KRISTIE Staff Writer Reading physician Manan Trivedi, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to run for the 6th Congressional District seat, got a boost on Wednesday. State Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19th, of West Whiteland, announced that he [...]

letter in Daily Local News, 10/15/09 In his Oct. 13 letter to the editor, Roger J. Brown of East Fallowfield asked, “Did your reps accept per diem pay” during the 100-day budget impasse? It’s a fair question that I would like to answer: I have not taken a per diem in the three-plus years I [...]

TimesLeader.com (NE PA) MARK GUYDISH – OPINION Sunday October 11, 2009 Here’s a thought: Let’s scrap school board primary elections. Sound un-American? Actually, according to a recent Philadelphia Inquirer article, Pennsylvania is “one of just three states that nominate school board candidates in partisan primaries before the November general election.” It’s a practice state Sen. [...]